Walk For Life along San Francisco's beautiful waterfront
on January 22, 2005.

A Walk for Life is scheduled for January 22nd in an unlikely place--San
Francisco, where until recently there were more abortions than live births.
But that is precisely why the Walk is taking place there--a group of San
Franciscans decided it was time to make a statement about life and reach
out to the many women who have had abortions, and all those touched by abortion,
including siblings, fathers, grandparents.

In keeping with the theme, all three speakers will be people with organizations
that are speaking out for, with and to women: Feminists for Life of America,
Silent No More Awareness Campaign, and L.E.A.R.N., a black evangelical outreach
ministry. The Walk organizers hope to attract thousands from the Western
states particularly, but all are welcome.

The idea came from some of the Walk organizers who attended the pro-life
rally in Sacramento last year on January 22nd and felt that a larger event
in San Francisco, the iconic symbol of the West, was needed. They asked
me what I thought of the idea and then asked me to help organize a Walk
for Life West Coast. I thought it was a great idea and joined the effort.
We are fortunate to have a great group of volunteers who helped organize
a Marriage Prayer Rally earlier in the year. [Editor: That April
2004 rally in S.F. drew thousands in support of marriage and was in response
to San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's issuing of licenses to same sex couples
in early 2004.] What
is the theme of the Walk for Life West Coast?

The March for Life is more political. If January 22nd does not fall on a
weekday the March organizers change the date to the nearest weekday so they
can march on Capitol Hill. Walk for Life West Coast is not so much political,
but supportive and informational. The Walk for Life will always be held
on the Saturday closest to January 22nd to give everyone the opportunity
to join us. The events complement each other very well.
Who are your speakers?

Event speakers will include Sally Winn, vice president of Feminists for
Life of America, Life Education and Resource Network North East Director
Clenard H. Childress, a Baptist minister, and Georgette Forney, chair of
the Silent No More Awareness Campaign and president of NOEL, an Episcopalian
prolife group. San Francisco Catholic Archbishop William Levada will also
attend the January 22nd Walk.
Who is supporting Walk for Life West Coast?

Some of our sponsors include Feminists for Life, Catholics for the Common
Good, Ignatius Press, LEARN, Presbyterians for Life, Democrats for Life,
Pro-Life Action League, and three Catholic dioceses : San Francisco, Santa
Rosa, and Oakland. For more details on our sponsors, you can visit
our website and click on "sponsors".
What do you hope to accomplish?

We would like to show people that there are far better choices available
than abortion. We would like to show women and men that there is help and
healing after an abortion. We are saying: "Life is the best and only choice".

On a personal level, I would like to show the country that the city of San
Francisco and the Bay Area have many solidly pro-life people. I travel a
lot and everywhere I go people ask me the same question when I tell them
I live in San Francisco "How can you live there?". I want everyone to know
that San Francisco is not a modern day Sodom and Gomorrah. I want them to
get to know San Francisco all over again as a place that "walks for life".